cross subsidy

Definitions

Accounting

• noun
  (written as cross-subsidy)
  the process of deliberately assigning costs to items in an account in such a way that some items are undercosted and some overcosted

Economics

• The use of profits from one activity to cover losses from another. Thus the use of high prices for some of a firm's products, for example, to permit it to price below cost for others. In international trade, this could be one explanation for dumping.

Nearby Definitions of “cross subsidy”

• criticism
• critics
• crook
• crop
• cross
• cross subsidy
• crown
• cru
• crust
• crystal
• cube

Contexts for “cross subsidy”

2 definitions in context
• Accounting
• Economics